Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
May Day in lockdown doesn’t stop workers showing strength and solidarity
The coronavirus is exposing the deep structural flaws that exist in our society – and trade unions have never been more relevant, argues MARK SERWOTKA
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
THIS year’s May Day takes place against the backdrop of a global pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown.
PCS, along with the entire trade union movement, has been working flat out to make sure workers are safe and that, where possible, they are facilitated to work from home, reducing the risk that they contract Covid-19.
Intense negotiations over the past month have produced some positive results, with 80 per cent of civil servants at home due to pressure from the union.
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